Goblins, well not really

The bartender looked at us and started to walk towards the back. He gestured for us to follow him. Artemis and Holly followed him as he went through a side door and opened it to a dead end.

Holly glanced at Artemis who didn't seemed fazed. Her attention got drawn back to the man when she heard a tapping sound. The man had taken out a stick, his wand if she remembered correctly. He was tapping what seemed to be randomly.

She watched as the bricks pulled apart to show a bustling street. The man turned around and walked back into the pub. Before he fully melted into it, Holly heard "Three up then three across. Three times" She tried to see where the man went, but her vision was blocked off when the door closed.

Holly turned back to talk to Artemis and noticed that something was in her hand. She gave it a squeeze and looked down. Artemis has interwoven their hands.

"I don't want to lose you in this big crowd"

"Oh wow! The great
Artemis Fowl the second wants to help me? Scandalous"

Artemis glared at her with his heterochromatic eyes. "Well, we must hasten to the bank then" Just as Artemis voiced that he slipped into the crowd dragging Holly behind him. He was surprisingly strong. She got led to a huge building near the back of the streets. It was snowy white and she remembered flying over it. Sometimes stoping by to say hi to a few more civilized 'goblins'.

She said goblins, but really they are a distant cousin that hoarded shiny stuff. Kinda a quirk of theirs.

Artemis stopped to read the inscription on the silver doors while Holly waved at a goblin. They glanced at her before blinking and looking again. She nodded ever so slightly. Artemis finished and opened the door. Finally letting go of her hand. Inside was a huge hall. Artemis walked to the closet goblin.

"Pardon me sir, me and my friend need to get into a vault for money at Hogwarts. If you can be so kind can you help us?"

The goblin seemed kinda shocked with Artemis' politeness which made Holly's blood boil. "Yes sir and do you have a key?" Artemis nodded and took out the key Foaly gave us. He placed it on the table. The goblin's eyes widened in surprise. "I'll get you the goblin in charge" He quickly left through a doorway.

"Thank you" Holly called after him. He seemed to nod before he was fully gone. "I hope this goes well"

"Do you doubt Foaly that much?" As Artemis asked that there seemed to be a lot of commotion outside. We both looked as the door opened and a giant man with a fuzzy beard walked in. He had to be half giant. Next to him was the kid we saw at the zoo. Harry Potter, the person the wizards believed killed Voldemort.

We heard a cough and turned around to see a goblin there. He was dressed kinda messy as if he didn't expect to get called which he probably didn't. "Hi yes can I confirm your identity." He took out two pieces of paper and a needle. "Just two drops" Artemis goes first then I do. After a few seconds information started to seem to write itself. After a bit the goblin gathered the papers and picked up the key. "Come on"

After waking a bit the goblin talked again. "My name is Grikarvin"

"Mine is Holly Short. I work at the LEP. And someone got mistaken for an 11 year old child."

"Artemis Fowl the II. You have either heard of me or avoided anything mentioning my name. I got turned into a fairy. Long story" Artemis stated as they got to a mine cart. Grikarvin stepped in and we followed.

"I recommend... holding on tight. Also none of you are motion sickness right?" Both of us gave a negative reply. "Great" Then the cart started to go down.

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